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Umballa showed his teeth in as an attempt to smile He still saw

flashes of fire before his eyes, and it was yet difficult to breathe

naturally Still, he could twist this white man's heart, play with hiates and let hin of cleue, "place hiht within the city He is

mad, and therefore I am lenient There is no white woman in the palace

or in the royal zenana Off with hia Raed and waved his hand He could have had Bruce shot at

once, but it pleased hile death before the eyes of his rival

He was no fool; he saw the trend of affairs This young white man

loved Kathlyn Hare All the better, in vieas to coate and rudely pushed outside He turned

savagely, but a dozen black officers convinced him that this time he

would h,

as to notify the English? He found Ali at ca been conducted there in an improvised litter He recounted his

experiences

"I was helpless, Sahib"

"No ood cheer; Umballa and I shall

meet soon, man to man"

"Allah is Allah; there is no God but God"

"And sometimes," said Bruce, moodily, "he watches over the innocent"